Onkel
See also: onkel
German edit
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Noun edit
Onkel m (strong, genitive Onkels, plural Onkel or (colloquial) Onkels)
Usage notes edit
The most common plural is Onkel. The form Onkels is frequent in northern colloquial German and has become partly acceptable in standard usage (for example in prose, but not in elevated or official style).
Declension edit
Declension of Onkel [masculine, strong]
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Further reading edit
- “Onkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Onkel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Onkel” in Duden online
- Onkel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
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Onkel m (plural Onkel)
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Onkel, English uncle.
Pronunciation edit
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Onkel m (plural Onkel)
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Onkel m (plural Onkels)
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian onkel, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.
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Onkel m